DAPHNE, Ala. — Now Hooters fans in the Daphne area have another reason to visit the restaurant.

Local Hooters Girl Ashleigh Boyington, from Hooters of Daphne, will be featured in the 2011 Hooters Calendar — the 25th annual edition of the best-selling calendar of its kind.

Boyington was selected from more than 20,000 Hooters Girls working in 460 Hooters restaurants worldwide.  She is featured in the month of December in the Hooters calendar, which is now available in stores.

This year’s 25th anniversary edition features a double-sided cover and a special section dedicated to the military. This is the sixth year that Hooters has rolled out a program called Operation Calendar Drop, which supports the troops overseas. Customers can purchase a calendar and sign a note of appreciation to an unknown serviceman or woman; Hooters will send it out to a designated base to boost morale during the holidays.

The calendar is famous not only for the Hooters Girls themselves but also for its jokes of the day and for its quirky “mixed up months,” a tradition that began in 1986 when a printer inadvertently returned the calendar for proofing with the months out of order. 

Distribution of the calendar is expected to exceed a half-million worldwide again this year.